1.
A craft, or
handicraft, (
S,
K,
TA,)
by which one gains his subsistence; a mode, or
manner, of gain; any habitual work or
occupation of a man; because he turns (
يَنْحَرِفُ, K, i. e.
يَمِيلُ, TA) to it; (
K,
TA;) a subst. from
اِحْتَرَفَ: (Mgh, Msb:) plural
حِرَفٌ. (
TA.)